East Anglia and its North Sea World in the Middle Ages by Dav... - 9781843838463

East Anglia and its North Sea World in the Middle AgesAuthor(s): David Bates, Robert E Liddiard, Aleksander Pluskowski, Anna Agnarsdttir, Brian Ayers, Carole Hill, Charles West, Christopher Scull, David King, Eljas Oksanen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781843838463, 978-1843838463\nSynopsis\nThe relations between medieval East Anglia and countries across the North Sea examined from a variety of perspectives.\n\nEast Anglia was a distinctive English region during the Middle Ages, but it was one that owed much of its character and identity to its place in a much wider \""North Sea World\"" that stretched from the English Channel to Iceland, the Baltic and beyond. Relations between East Anglia and its maritime neighbours have for the most part been peaceful, involving migration and commercial, artistic, architectural and religious exchanges, but have also at times beencharacterised by violence and contestation.